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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785426603321

Autore

Reid Steven J.

Titolo

Humanism and Calvinism : Andrew Melville and the universities of Scotland, 1560-1625 / / Steven J. Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92950-X

1-315-25292-9

1-282-96324-4

9786612963247

0-7546-9846-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

Disciplina

378.411/09031

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Scotland - History - 16th century

Universities and colleges - Scotland - History - 17th century

Education, Higher - Scotland - History - 16th century

Education, Higher - Scotland - History - 17th century

Reformation - Scotland

Scotland Intellectual life 16th century

Scotland Intellectual life 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Between Reformation and reform : the Scottish universities, 1560-74 -- Humanism and Calvinism : Melville's education, 1545-74 -- The first foray into reform : Melville and the "ancient" universities, 1574-84 -- Reform and reaction at St Andrews, 1579-88 -- The rise and fall of "Melvillian" St Andrews, 1588-97 -- The rise of "the moderates" in St Andrews, 1597-1606 -- "Godly" humanism, civic control : Scotland's Protestant arts colleges, 1582-c.1606 -- The Scottish universities post-Melville, c. 1606-25 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : student matriculations and graduations, 1559-1625.

Sommario/riassunto

This book surveys the transformation of Scotland's medieval and Catholic university system into a greatly-expanded Protestant one in the decades following the Scottish Reformation of 1560. It also



assesses the contribution of religious reformer Andrew Mel